Titanomyrma simillimum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: †Formiciinae
Genus: †Titanomyrma
Species: †Titanomyrma simillimum

Name

• †Titanomyrma simillimum (Lutz, 1986: 198) comb. nov. Archibald et al., 2011

Synonyms

• †Formicium simillimum Westwood, 1854

Type locality

• "Grube Messel", Lutetian, Messel Formation, 10 km NE Darmstadt, S-Hessen, Germany (Grabungsstelle 16)

Type material

• Holotype: SMF MeI 1006; alate queen

References

• Archibald, S.B., Johnson, K.R., Mathewes, R.W. & Greenwood, D.R. 2011. Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 278(1725): 3679–3686. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0729 Reference page. 
• Lutz, H. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Ölschiefer der „Grube Messel“ bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenbergiana lethaea 67(1-4): 177–218. PDF. Reference page.